Cabinet for hairdressers&#39; chairs



March 7, 1944. N. BECKETT CABINET FOR HAIR-DRESSER) CHAIRS Filed Nov. 5, 1941 dike-mean Patented Mar. 7, 1944- UNHTED STATES OFFICE CABINET FORHA RDBESSERS CHAIRS.

Nora Beckett, Orange; Calif:

Application November 5, 1941, Serial N0. 417,879.

2 Claims.

This invention relates-to a cabinet to be-;employed in connection with the chair of a hairdresser, or beauty parloroperator;

In accordance with the present practice, a hair-dresser or beauty operator; stands or sitsat the back, or; at the sides, of the occupied chair, and a portable cabinet has usually been employed, located at either side of; theoperator. This necessitates moving of. the cabinet from t me to time, and entails considerable loss of time as the cabinet does not hold the needed articles convenient to the operators hands.

One of the; objects of this invention is'to' provide, a. cabinet of simple construction having features particularly adapting it, foryfacilita-ting,

the operations of the hair dresser or beauty operator. and particularly to provide a construction. which will enable the operator-to-approa h. quite near to the person seated in the chair-at-the:

back and also on the sides. And afurthe "objactv of the invention is to provide a construction; for; the cabinet which will enable articles neededci-ir performing operations to be heldin 'trays ex.-

tended from the cabinet in a. convenient position;

to be reached by the hands of: the operator.

A further object of the inventionv is to. construct the cabinet in, such" a way'that the upper. surface of the cabinet can operate as a tray or shelf, and to provide the same with means whereby the upper surface can be readily cleared of any articles not wanted on the upper shelf or top tray of the cabinet.

A further object of the invention is to give the cabinet a form which will greatly facilitate movements of the operator around and againstits body, at all times giving access to the person occupying the chair; also to provide a form and construction for the rear wall of the cabinet and for the rear walls of the trays carried in the cabinet which will avoid their presenting any obstructions that could be encountered by the operator in leaning against the rear wall of the cabinet.

Further objects of the invention will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the novel parts and combination of parts to be described hereinafter, all of which contribute to produce an efiicient cabinet for hair dressers ch'air.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a plan of a chair having a cabinet of my invention secured to the same. This view illustrates the trays of the cabinet swung out from the body of the cabinet.

Fig. 2 is an ideal section taken about on. the line; 2-2 of Figure 1. This view shows a portion of; the upper rail ofthechair broken away and also a-portion of a brace-that extends downfrom the cabinet to the seat ofithechair;

E'g; 3:15'2111681; view of the cabinet remove from thechair;

n-n actic ng; einv n i n t sh e nds stood that if desired the cabinet can bepernianently attached to the-chairi-butl prefer to practice: th z nv ntion by; pr vidin a ab n t I v: ing; simple means for attaching; it to a chair, such as the chair 2; illustrated; in; Figures 1 and 2.- It should be understood, however, that'the form; ofjtheattaching; means would; depend; upon the, construction of; the chairwith; which the cabinet is to be employed; A; chair having the general design shown, in Figure 1 is I particularly adapted for my purpose because. therear of the chair-isdisposed in a convex curve and, the chair is provided,- at the rear with? acurved, upper; bar or; rail it which is formed integrally with the side arms.4;of= the chair.

The cabinet 1 has its longitudinal axis disposed transversely to the frontand rearline of thechair and is formed with a convex, and preferablycurvedrear contour line 5, the ends of the cabinet: being curved, around as indicated at t. The uppen face'of thecabinet; is intended to operate as a shelf 1 on which articles used by the hair dresser or beauty operator may rest, and this shelf is preferably provided with one or more holders 8 for removably holding bottles or pomade jars or the like. This shelf may also support, if desired, a horseshoe magnet 9 which will attract hair pins and prevent their sliding off of the helf 1 if the chair is moved around into diiferent positions. The forward side of the cabinet is, of course, curved to conform substantially to the curvature of the curved rail 3 and one or more hooks iii are provided that are attached to the forward wall of the cabinet and hang on this rail 3. The lower ends of these hooks may be extended down to form diagonal braces H, the lower ends of which may be formed into feet 12, respectively, adapted to be attached to the under side of the seat l3 of the chair as indicated in dotted lines in Figure 1.

For the convenience of the operator, the cabinet is provided with a plurality of trays M. These trays are in two sets, one set being disposed at the right and one at the left. In Figure 1, one of the right hand trays I5 is indicated swung out from the body of the cabinet on its vertical pivot pin 15. At the other side of the cabinet, another tray I5 is illustrated in dotted lines and showing that these trays can be swung out to a considerable distance. The ends of the pivots l6 are fixed in the bottom wall 26 and the shalf T. The operator may stand in a great number of different positions at the back or the sides of the chair, for example, positions such as indicated at the points A, B and C. If the operator is in the position A, the tray in the position indicated by the dotted lines at the left would be in a convenient position to be reached by the operators hands. If the operator is standing at the position B, trays at the right or left side can be extended as indicated at the right side. When the operator is standing in the position C, the tray l5 shown in full lines would be in convenient reach or it can be swung further toward the front; to suit the convenience of the operator.

These trays l5 are indicated in their closed position in Figure 3. Their rear faces are unobstructed. Recessed handholds I! are provided for convenience in pulling the same outwardly to enable the trays to be swung rearwardly first and then forwardly to any extent desired.

The rear side of the cabinet may be provided with a vertical frame bar l8 against which the adjacent ends I 9 of the trays abut in their closed position.

In order to prevent articles from falling off of the shelf or cover 1, I prefer to provide the cabinet with a marginal rail 20 that is of uniform height except at the ends where it is gradually reduced in height, as indicated at 2| in Figure 2.

The outer side of this rail 20 is formed with a beveled face 22 that tapers down to an edge 23 at the rear wall of the cabinet. This avoids forming any sharp edge that would be uncomfortable for the operator in leaning against it.

In order to facilitate cleaning off the shelf or 40 cover 1, its forward side and the front of the cabinet are formed with a wide recess or notch 24. This notch extends down through the shelf 1 and preferably down all the way through the bottom of the cabinet and operates as a chute down which hair or waste paper or any other unwanted chair has a solid back. The present chair is merely provided with a, cushion 25 that operates as a back for the chair, supported on the rail 3 of the chair just forward of the recess or chute 24.

If desired, the cabinet may have a bottom wall 26 that supports the two lower trays l5.

Many other embodiments of the invention may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What I claim is:

1. In a cabinet to be placed at the back of a hair-dressers chair, the combination of a cabinet body having means for supporting the same on the chair back, said body being elongated transversely with respect to the front-and-rear axis of the chair and being convexly formed at its rear side; and trays for articles used by the hairdresser, carried within the cabinet, including a tray at each side; and means for pivotally supporting the trays adjacent the ends of the cabinet to enable the same to swing rearwardly and outwardly, said cabinet having a cover wall forming a substantially horizontal shelf; the forward side of the cabinet having a recess extending back into the same, and extending downward through the cover wall, and into which refuse may be moved from the upper face of the shelf.

2. In a cabinet to be placed at the back of a hair-dressers chair, the combination of a cabinet body having means for supporting the same on the chair back, said body being elongated transarticles can be dropped. In the type of chair illustrated, this chute or well 24 is relatively unimportant but is particularly useful where the versely with respect to the front-and-rear axis of the chair and being convexly curved at its rear side; and trays for articles used by the hairdresser, carried within the cabinet, including a tray at each side; and means for pivotally supporting the trays adjacent the ends of the cabinet to enable the same to swing rearwardly and outwardly, said cabinet having a cover wall forming a substantially horizontal shelf the forward side of the cabinet having a recess extending back into the same, and extending downward through the cover wall, and into which refuse may be moved from the upper face of the shelf; and a guard rail extending around the outer edge of the cover wall for retaining articles thereon.

NORA BECKETI. 

